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Human evolution
Otherwise known as anthropogeny; anything of or relating to the study of the origin and evolution of Homo sapiens as a distinct species from other hominids, great apes and placental mammals.
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Human evolution
development
Archaeology; Human evolution
The process of regulated growth that results from the interaction of the genome with cytoplasm and the environment. It involves a programmed sequence of phenotypic events that are typically ...
nucleofilament
Archaeology; Human evolution
A fiber seen in chromatin. It is approximately 10 nm in diameter and consists of DNA wrapped around nucleosome cores.
multigene family
Archaeology; Human evolution
A set of related genes that have evolved fromm some ancestral gene through the process of gene duplication.
brachiation
Archaeology; Human evolution
Arm-over-arm arboreal locomotion in which the animal progresses below-branches by swinging its body between forelimn supports.
random mating
Archaeology; Human evolution
Matings between genotypes occurring in proportion to the frequencies of the genotypes in the population.
homologous chromosomes
Archaeology; Human evolution
The members of a chromosome pair that are identical in the arrangement of genes they contain and in their visible structure.
